This page brings together news 2008-2021, from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Spain.
How to live with large predators – lessons from Spanish wolf country, Nov 15, 2021...theconversation.com
- Spain to launch trial of four-day working week, Mar 15, 2021...theguardian.com
- 'A role model': how Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity, Feb 23, 2021...theguardian.com
Can we have a regenerative and circular tourism? As a Mallorca resident, Daniel Wahl thinks it's possible, Jan 19, 2020...[1]
- Solar, thermal… Spain's historic hotels go green, Dec 30, 2018...[2]
'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars, The Guardian (Sep 18, 2018) — In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans
- Balearic Islands bank on their sun to kickstart power drive, Adam Vaughan, May 4, 2018...[3]
- Balearics launch pioneering plan to phase out emissions, Feb 15, 2018...[4]
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2017[edit | edit source]
- New Report Shines Light on Groundbreaking Catalan Cooperative, Nov 14, 2017...[1]
- Climate Change Related Drought Bakes the Iberian Peninsula, Nov 10, 2017...[2]
- Degrowth Discussed in the Catalan Parliament, Oct 10, 2017...[3]
What a city in Spain learned from Sweden about promoting local food and healthier eating, Jul 21[4]
- Behind the green door: Discover Andalucia's eco village of Los Molinos del Rio Agua, Jun 10[5]
- How One City in Spain Launched a Local Currency, Jun 8[6]
- Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: Juan del Río, May 4[7]
- Cataluña prohíbe la entrega gratuita de bolsas de plástico en todos los comercios, Mar 31[8]
- El anillo ciclista que revolucionará la movilidad, Feb 27[9]
- 10 propuestas sevillanas para luchar contra el cambio climático, Feb 26[10]
- Pamplona presents Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, Feb 6[11]
- Gijón se adhiere al manifiesto a favor del Plan Estratégico Estatal de la Bicicleta. Jan 30[12]
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2016[edit | edit source]
- La Red de Ciudades por la Bicicleta destaca el valor ecológico y económico de la bici, Nov 24[1]
Barcelona is kicking cars off many of its streets, Oct 4[2]
- Packed beaches and gridlock loom large as tourists swap terrorism hotspots for Spain, May 14[3]
- Growing a better future in Mollet del Vallès, Apr 15[4]
- Vitoria-Gasteiz European green capital by design, January 6[5]
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2015[edit | edit source]
- Primera red ciudadana libre de Barcelona para internet de las cosas, por @carmenjane, December 28, 2015...[1]
- Barcelona empieza a perfilar su polémica moneda local, October 21, 2015...[2]
- Each Street Redevelopment Is a Chance for the City, September 30, 2015...[3]
- Welcome to Jun, the town that ditched bureaucracy to run on Twitter, July 2, 2015...[4]
The solidarity fridge: Spanish town's cool way to cut food waste, June 25[5]
- Cycling share doubles in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the new cycling champion of Spain, May 27[6]
- Spain Got 47 Percent Of Its Electricity From Renewables In March, April 2[7]
How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe, January 28[8]
- Repsol Abandons Oil and Gas Exploration Off Canary Islands, January 16[9]
- "We Are Energy": Community Energy from Scotland to Spain, January 14[10]
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2008-2014[edit | edit source]
- Canary Islands to vote on oil exploration, October 2, 2014...[1]
- El Hierro to become the first island in the world to be fully energy self-sufficient through combined wind and water power, May 1[2]
Victory: no more Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Laciana Valley (Spain), February 27, 2014...[3]
- Subsidy-free solar takes off in Spain, February 5, 2014...[4]
Spain: wind power becomes main source of energy, January 15, 2014...[5] "Spain is the first country in the world where wind energy was the technology that most contributed to the coverage of demand in a full year," AEE (industry association). Renewable sources of energy as a whole covered 42.4 percent of demand last year.
- 'Cohousing': un nuevo modelo de vivienda asequible y sostenible, December 26, 2013...[6]
- Mediterranean wildfires,,[7] July, 2009.
- Spain cuts speed limit and introduces energy-saving measures in bid to reduce oil imports,[8] July 30, 2008.
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